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Everyone who's seen Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, or Spaced knows that Simon Pegg is hilarious. It is scientific fact. So -- scientifically speaking -- it follows that Pegg is hilarious in Run Fatboy Run, even though the movie pretty much defines mediocrity.

With first-time feature director David Schwimmer shooting a screenplay originally credited solely to Stella's Michael Ian Black, the film gambles on alienating Simon Pegg fans, painting by every rom-com number save for doggie reaction shots.

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Zoe Kazan is contemplating suicide. No, not in real life, where she’s doing just fine, thank you very much. But she’s had it with that dubious realm of interactivity known as Facebook. So it may be time for online suicide.

The notably thriving social enclaves of Brooklyn—particularly the areas of Williamsburg and Greenpoint—have grown increasingly gentrified in direct proportion to the down-and-dirty mystique. In that conflict lies a distinct two-headed beast ever-present in the movies of the region.

When I sat down with Korine last week before the world premiere of Trash Humpers, he hadn't done any interviews about it yet, and admitted that he wasn't quite sure how to express his intentions. So we hammered it out together.